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Duane Lavar Kjelstrom

Duane Lavar Kjelstrom

Nov 24, 2021

Mr. Duane Lavar Kjelstrom, age 83, of Ivins, UT, passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, in St. George, UT. He was born on March 25, 1938, in Salt Lake City, UT, to his parents Axel Gabriel and Juanita Lasater Kjelstrom. Duane was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, loving husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle,...

Glen Earl Hepworth

Glen Earl Hepworth

Nov 24, 2021

Glen Earl Hepworth, 88, of Hurricane, Utah, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. He was born on March 10, 1933, in Salt Lake City, UT to Ferrel H. Hepworth and Leona R. Rollins. Glen married the love of his life and eternal companion, Carolyn Sarah Atterberry on June 22, 1953, in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. Glen...

Wallace Lynn Demille

Wallace Lynn Demille

Nov 24, 2021

St. George, Utah, Wallace Lynn DeMille, loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend, 78, passed away November 24, 2021. Wallace was born on July 8, 1943, to parents Wallace Delworth DeMille and Maude Nerene Riding DeMille. He married Mary Louise Brickey on October 9, 1965, in the St. George Temple. Wallace attended schools in Washington County and served in the Utah...

Larry Ray Lanners

Larry Ray Lanners

Nov 23, 2021

Obituary - Larry Ray Lanners 3/8/1948 - 11/23/2021 Hurricane, Utah - Larry Ray Lanners, 73, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2021. He was born March 8, 1948, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Nicholas Lanners and Angela Bartsher. He was raised in Salem, South Dakota. After graduating from Saint Mary’s Inter-Parochial High School in 1966, he completed some college then...

Betty Jo Sprouse Hanson

Betty Jo Sprouse Hanson

Nov 22, 2021

Betty Jo Sprouse Hanson passed away November 22nd in Washington, Utah at the age of 91. She was born January 7th, 1930, in Roosevelt, Utah to Harry Augustus Sprouse and Helen Winters Sprouse. She lived most of her life in Salt Lake City, Utah and the last 11 years in St. George and Washington. She is survived by her daughters...

Roger Stratton Stout

Roger Stratton Stout

Nov 21, 2021

Roger Stratton Stout, 44, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at his home in Hurricane, Utah. Roger was born in St George Utah on June 7, 1977, to Dell Crawford Stout and Corinne Stratton Stout. He graduated from Hurricane High School in 1995. He served a mission in Philadelphia for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Roger...

James Arthur Barnum

James Arthur Barnum

Nov 19, 2021

James Arthur “Jim” Barnum, 86, passed away quietly Friday, November 19th, 2021, from complications of the COVID-19 virus which had weakened his body. Born in Mesquite, Nevada, January 16, 1935, to Orange Decator and Angie Bell (Hughes) Barnum, 5th of their nine children. Jim perfected his middle child role as peacemaker and friend to all who knew him. He was...

Douglas Claude Abbott

Douglas Claude Abbott

Nov 18, 2021

Washington, Utah – Douglas Claude Abbott, 80, of Washington, UT, passed away on November 18, 2021. He was born to Claude Abbott and Marjorie Bowler on April 09th, 1941. He married his sweetheart Gennilee Kahle on August 31st 1962. Doug and Genny stayed in Las Vegas until 1972 when they moved their family of 4 to the small town of...

Ramona Blake Carpenter

Ramona Blake Carpenter

Nov 15, 2021

St. George, Utah Ramona Blake Carpenter was born November 8, 1931, in St. George Utah to parents Royal Hollis and Olive Wade Blake. She passed away peacefully just one week after celebrating her 90th birthday. Ramona was the 10th of 11 children and was raised in St. George Utah. She married Robert Willis Carpenter September 23, 1950, in Pioche, Nevada...

Wayne Douglass Brooks

Wayne Douglass Brooks

Nov 14, 2021

St. George, Utah, Waye Douglass Brooks passed away on November 14, 2021 after a short illness. He was 74. Wayne is survived by his wife of 50 years, Isabelle, his son , Wayde, and his Granddaughter Dakota. He was born and raised in Maine and enlisted to serve our country as a proud marine. For the last 30 years Wayne...

Frances Beal Christensen

Frances Beal Christensen

Nov 14, 2021

St. George, Utah- Frances Beal Christensen, 91, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021. She was born August 9, 1930, in Cedar City, Utah, to Doctor John and Gwen Beal. She married Boyd Holyoak on January 16, 1949. They were later divorced. She is survived by her two children Lynn Holyoak Mundt (Las Vegas, NV); and Kurt (Ruth) Holyoak (Washington, UT)....

Donal Savage

Donal Savage

Nov 11, 2021

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle Donal Savage passed away Thursday November 11, 2021, in St. George, Utah. Donal was born December 10, 1942, in Salina, Utah to Don and Lillie Savage. They spent some of that winter in Koosharem, Utah 1942 because they were unable to make it home due to the harsh winter weather. Donal grew up...

Patricia Ann Swyers Leavitt

Patricia Ann Swyers Leavitt

Nov 11, 2021

Patricia Ann Swyers Leavitt Pat joined her Heavenly Father on November 11, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. Pat was born on June 23, 1944 to Jennie Swyers Thompson (McKnight) & Terry Swyers Sr. in Mesquite Nevada. She married her best friend Nolan Leavitt on April 21, 1963, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was later sealed in the St....

Sherril Smiley Evans

Sherril Smiley Evans

Nov 10, 2021

Sherril Smiley Evans, a beautiful lady of English Heritage, passed away peacefully on November 10th, 2021 surrounded by her loving family and the music she loved. She enjoyed a happy life but experienced difficult health challenges throughout, facing them with grace, strength, and a positive attitude. Sherril is now made whole with the Lord and her spirit is onto new...

Sydnee Belle Frei

Sydnee Belle Frei

Nov 9, 2021

Sydnee Belle Frei April 8, 1980 – November 9, 2021 Our sweet Sydnee Belle (41) unexpectantly left this earthly life to make new friends in her heavenly home on November 9, 2021. A true definition of love, Syd’s greatest desire was to have everyone love one another. April 8, 1980 the Frei family was blessed with Sydnee Belle. Lowell, Julie,...

Brandon Walter Cluff

Brandon Walter Cluff

Nov 8, 2021

Brandon Walter Cluff passed away peacefully from the Vids (Covid) at IHC in Saint George, Utah surrounded by his parents and 5 sisters on Monday, November 8, 2021. Brandon was born to Walter Earl Cluff and Penny Ann (Arnold) Cluff on May 17, 1975, in Kanab, Utah. He would want us to mention that it snowed the day of his...

David Andrew Black

David Andrew Black

Nov 7, 2021

Kearney, Nebraska - David Andrew Black, 58 passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021. David was born June 21, 1963, and was the first of 10 children born to David Estes and Alida Witt Black. He married Nancy Viola Jessop on September 17, 1985, in Colorado City Arizona. David grew up in several places including Colorado City, Arizona, Provo, Utah, and...

Harris Dean Hunter

Harris Dean Hunter

Nov 6, 2021

Our happy, special little boy returned to his Heavenly Father on Nov. 6, 2021, having changed hearts and souls for the better during his short stay on earth. Harris Dean Hunter was a dream come true when he was born Oct. 22, 2019, to father Riley Parker Hunter and his mother Missy Glendenning. When he was placed on Missy's chest,...

Margene Bayles

Margene Bayles

Nov 6, 2021

Margene Lamoreaux Bayles (7 April 1933 - 6 November 2021) Margene Bayles, 88, passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah, following a month-long decline in her health. Margene was able to visit with many of her loved ones, both in person and via video call, before her passing. She enjoyed the rare blessing of spending her last 2 weeks in...

Penni Leavitt

Penni Leavitt

Nov 6, 2021

Hurricane Utah Penni Leavitt, 57, received her wings and returned to our father in Heaven after a short but courageous battle with Pancreatic cancer on Saturday, November 6, 2021. She was born on March 14, 1964, to Vickie Gunnell and Morgan Leavitt. Penni was born and raised in Soda Springs, Idaho, where she lived on a farm and loved to...

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